ESCAPE VELOCITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does escape velocity mean? 

• ESCAPE VELOCITY (noun)
  The noun ESCAPE VELOCITY has 1 sense:

1. the minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field

  Familiarity information: ESCAPE VELOCITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ESCAPE VELOCITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("escape velocity" is a kind of...):

speed; velocity (distance travelled per unit time)

 Context examples 

The former star's escape velocity exceeds that of light, resulting in a black hole, from which nothing can escape.

(Elusive Middleweight Black Hole Found at Center of Giant Star Cluster, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)